Judge, 1896-09-19 · page 6 of 16
Judge — September 19, 1896 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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This page contains multiple brief satirical pieces typical of 1890s Judge magazine humor: **"Intoxicated"** jokes about a man riding a bicycle without his wheel—absurdist humor about the bicycle craze. **"He Knew All About It"** satirizes an orator complaining about "unrest" in the world; a tired man with newborn twins interrupts to agree, having personal experience with sleeplessness and disorder. **"The Thing in a Nutshell"** mocks currency debates of the era (likely referencing the free silver controversy) through a country visitor outwitting an urban "sound-money" advocate with rustic logic about alloy composition. **"Method in Her Madness"** jokes that a woman agrees to marry to manipulate her father into European travel—satirizing women's limited agency and marriage as transactional. **"Inroads of the Wheel"** suggests bicycles' popularity is so transformative that even small towns can now afford street-cleaning infrastructure. The overall tone reflects fin-de-siècle American preoccupations: economic debate, urbanization, new technology, and social pretension.
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Sudge INTOXICATED. oe H, mamma!’ “Yes, dear. * See that man bik- ing without his wheel.” OH—OH! AID the lord chief justice to one of his: English friends, “ Did I understand you to say Mr. Hanna was a stanch Repub- lican >” “Certainly, my lord. Why do you A SKETCH FROM TEXAS, ask?” was the reply. “Well, | am credibly informed,” rejoined the eminent jurist, “that upon his return to the bosom of his family the other day he at once became a Hanna- kissed.” HE KNEW ALL ABOUT IT. ‘ ‘MY FRIENDS!" exclaimed the orator in his most impassioned tones, “the great difficulty with the world, the great trouble with mankind, is unrest,” A FAITHFUL” ANIMAL. ‘And the thin, tired-looking man on the end of the front row aroused him- Doc Trav (breaking speed records)— Goodness only knows what 117 204 exclaimed, “ That's a fact.” it is; but give me the old reliable tin can every day in the week to what S¢l! and exclaimed, at Sa tack. I'm up against.” He was the father of recent twins, and he knew. THE THING IN A NUTSHELL. oe Bu: my dear sir,” said the sound-money man to the homespun visitor, “don't you know that the silver in the silver dollar is worth only about fifty cents?” That's all right. You needn't think you can fool me, even if 1 do come from the country. You say the silver is worth only fifty cents. All right. Now let me tell you that the alloy makes up the other fifty cents. Get over that if you can, You town folks make me tired; you think you know everything.” IN THE WRONG PLACE. THOUGH all things zo by opposites They give us many clews. You'll find the shine is on your coat When none is on your shoes, THE GROWTH OF LANGUAGE, Hojack —* ow do you suppose the term ‘done up’ came into use as a synonym of maltreat- ed or ruined, Tomdik >" Tomdik—" \t dates from the beginning of the steam laundries, and was suggested by the con- dition of a shirt after going through the doing-up process.” METHOD IN HER MADNESS. Dorotny—"*So you are going to marry Mr. Dasher against the wishes of your father?" Guixevexr—" Nonsense! L only want pa to take me to Europe this season.” INROADS OF THE WHEEL. With the advent of the wheel Jaytown and Bryanville may afford the luxury of a street-cleaning department. comicbooks.com